News and reports

NEYA have released the latest edition of their newsletter.

Diabetes UK are holding a Back to School Q&A for parents and carers of children with Diabetes next Wednesday 12th August on Zoom and Healthy Living platform are wanting volunteers to trial a new online service.

The Northern Echo have featured our #BecauseWeAllCare campaign on their website with comments from our CEO Michelle Thompson BEM and Sir Robert Francis QC, Chair of Healthwatch England to raise awareness of the campaign locally!

The Darlington Support charity is asking NHS responders to help swell its ranks to ensure volunteers stay connected as lockdown eases – because the vulnerable still need support.

Care home visits can restart with visits now able to take place under new guidance released by the Department of Health & Social Care.

The Local Maternity System for North East & North Cumbria want to understand how services have been running during the COVID-19 pandemic for you via a short online survey.

MHNE have released the July edition of their newsletter packed with all their latest news.

County Durham CCG are welcoming applications from Voluntary and Community organisations operating in County Durham and Darlington for those who wish to deliver community based activity in local settings.

St Teresa’s Hospice have released the latest edition of their 'Good News' newsletter. They also now operate two online support groups for anyone living with life-limiting illnesses and for those who care for someone with a life-limiting illness.

The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) has announced funding of £62 million to help discharge people with learning disabilities and/or autism from hospital into the community.

If you need to talk, Macmillan are there to listen. They have introduced a telephone buddies service, enabling those living with cancer the chance to reach out to talk to a trained telephone buddy so they don't have to face cancer alone.

Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice.